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I Certainly Hope Yoplait Responds to The Complaint Letter I Just Sent

This is the last straw. Last night I
couldn't get all of the yogurt I was eating out of the bottom of the
container so I reached in with my finger to scoop some out and I cut
myself a little bit on the rim. There's only a certain amount of
injustice a man (or me) can be subjected to before he snaps. And I've reached that point. By God, I've reached it.

So I'm sending a message to the Fat Cats over at Yoplait corporate expressing my deepest feelings and most
intimate of desires with regards to the future of my relationship with their yogurt
products. Something has to change. They had better provide
adequate explanation about what is being done to address my concerns. If they don't, there is going to be hell to pay.

And
just so you're aware, my definition of hell is the three of four people
who sometimes casually browse through
this site when they're bored or stoned being
slightly less likely to purchase a Yoplait product the next time they
head out to the store to buy Yogurt. So there.

Anyway here is the complaint I sent in:

I have some pretty serious issues with the containers & you use
for your yogurt.

1. All too often a pull tab is not included on the foil lid. This sort
of device is of the utmost importance if one wishes to open the
container with ease and gain access to the delectable yogurty innards
housed within the container (which I most certainly do).

2. The overhanging rim at the top of the container prevents easy access
to a small portion of the yogurt I have purchased. To clarify: Yogurt
always gets lodged up under the rim and I can't get it out except by
swooping around the rim with a spoon (which is not easy) or licking
with my tongue (which I would prefer not to do in public). I realize
this sort of design is probably integral to keeping the foil lid
securely fashioned to the top, but surely there must be some other
way...

3. Similar to issue #2, the indented outer rim (and “outdented” inner
portion) of the bottom of the inside of the container is also a place
where excess yogurt tends to become trapped. There is no fathomable way
for me to extricate the substance from this area, as a standard spoon
is far too wide to fit in this sort of crevasse. I find this
maddening.

Certainly I could "bend" the container, but this is not an action I
undertake lightly, as I fear it may compromise the carefully engineered
design of the container, causing it to collapse or shatter into
thousands of razor sharp plastic shards, slicing at my eyes and facial
area. Obviously this is the type of thing I would prefer to
avoid.

This is an issue affects me very deeply and is close to my heart, so I
hope you will treat it with the reverence it deserves.

Thank you.

I look forward to hearing back from them, and will post an update with
their response as soon as I get one.